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43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… from that community living in Moshav Taoz, Israel. [3] This musical narrative of events from biblical stories about the … of the goat at the end carries echoes of Hindu puja rituals—offerings to the deity (usually symbolic in the form … of animal sacrifice in biblical times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this …
32. Prosper, Prosper (Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
… song exemplifies two widespread genres of Kerala folk music. Part I begins in the style of a “competition song” ( … of agricultural celebrations and varied Hindu religious rituals in Kerala (Aju Narayanan 2006). Our English version … during a party on the day after the wedding for non-Jewish friends and neighbors of the wedding party and …
31. The Bridegroom Dressed in Gold
… that by his side? Nalla! Traditionally performed at a Jewish women's party the night before a wedding (Daniel and … of a king, accompanied by guards and the thundering music of a military band. As Zacharia notes (2005, 198), … the marriage chamber, has echoes of the Syrian Christian ritual called “Close and Open [the Door]!” in which the …
29. The Noble Bridegroom
… whose synagogues are located at opposite ends of the long Jewish street. For one familiar with the area, it is easy to … used to travel the length of Jew Street, accompanied by music and drumming from bands of non-Jewish musicians. … is traditionally applied to the forehead for Hindu rituals and celebrations. The Marakkar Muslims leading the …
18. Our Food
… as did the table of Father Abraham. Looking for Kerala Jewish touches, in the last line of stanza 4 we translate a … ” in a toast offered at the table by Paradesi Jews on ritual occasions. In stanza 3 the term “coolness” may be … “Our Food” is one of the most widely distributed Kerala Jewish songs, found in at least eighteen notebooks from all …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… whole world the best harbor is Kochi, Where the honorable Jewish people came. With brightness You are shining, Lord … see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and blown on important ritual occasions; it is also associated with the final …
Yaakov Huri recordings
… Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith Gerson Kiwi (1908-1992),” a joint venture … includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and readings of sacred texts, providing valuable …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer to the Jewish calendar, going back “only” to Mishnaic times. … great influence on modern Sephardic and Oriental Jewish ritual practices. This influence is clearly reflected in the … emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval …
Yaakov Huri
… relations dominating the encounters between European ethnomusicologists and their subjects of inquiry in Israel. Our … as rabbi. Huri belonged to the Zionist sector of the Jewish community. This sector, unlike the yeshivah students … mohel (i.e. certified for carrying out circumcisions) and ritual slaughterer, Huri received an invitation to from the …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … widely appreciated for its beauty, musical features, and spiritual power, emerging from structural, melodic, and … as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is …